Les Jones: Postrel's Rule and the 2008 Elections

July 14, 2008

Politics > Postrel's Rule and the 2008 Elections

Postrel's Rule says that "The party that hates America always loses." How's that playing out in this election?

The Obama campaign has had some severe Postrel's Rule violations. There was Reverend Wright's "God damn America" quote (along with others). Then Michelle Obama said that she was proud of her country for the first time in her life, causing some people to ask why she hadn't been proud of it before.

McCain's campaign got a taste of Postrel's Rule when McCain campaign adviser and Republican Phil Gramm said in relation to economic gloom that "We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline."

McCain distanced himself from Gramm's remarks, and the reason why is simple. You don't insult the country you're asking to elect you to office.

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Obama gets a tick under Postrel's rule. McCain gets a tick under the old "funeral director" rule.

Do the two rules cancel one another out?

Posted by: Chris Range at July 14, 2008

at this point , i really can't tell which i would side with, but i am leaning towards obama. Furthermore, the GOP base is not even warming up to mccain (of course, i could be wrong) and even though it's still early in the game, this just proves to show how we see our candidates to-date. i know i will get burned for this, but i think mccain is a warmonger. i get the impression that he doesn't care to what happens to our troops in the middle east and the other parts of the world. Can’t we just all get along? i think it is time for a purification; i think it is time for a change; i think it is time for obama time. Now that the candidates are set for the US Presidential Election, Barack Obama and John McCain are beginning to set the tone for their campaign.

The housing market crisis is a major issue in the upcoming US Presidential Election and has a significant impact for all Americans where Obama and McCain talk about in http://pollclash.com .just like soaring oil prices are affecting the costs of everything from food to gas and even houses rental. There are also significant issues on local and global environmental impact. While there are many issues, we need to look at our next leader and determine which will have the best course of action going forward. Both candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama are attempting to address the issue and differentiate their positions from one another. And I think that everyone is missing the point of this. We need a new resource. We need a solution to this problem not another way around it…

Posted by: Jacque Denise Yap at July 18, 2008